The next morning and a few hours and a messy kitchen later, I hit the jackpot: a chewy, intensely flavoured chocolate cookie reminiscent of brownies, but oh so much prettier! To round out my Hanukkah cookie theme, I topped them with chocolate gelt coins made from real Belgian dark chocolate. I figured, if I spray the cookies with edible gold spray paint, they’ll kind of look like a crumpled up foil wrapper from chocolate Chanukah gelt coins. One night, I had an epiphany thinking about crinkle cookies, and the beautiful cracks that form when they bake from being pre-rolled in icing sugar. A rebellion forced the king and his soldiers out of Jerusalem and the Second Temple was cleansed and rededicated. In about 200 BC, Jewish people were forced by Greek-Syrian Antiochus IV Epiphanes to abandon their faith and instead worship Greek gods. Hanukkah means 'festival of lights', which sounds lovely but is, in fact, a remembrance of (yet) another period of turmoil for Jewish people. It's held on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the third month of the year on the Hebrew calendar. Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday, which I believe is far too long to be celebrating any one thing. One of the most important symbols of Hanukkah is the menorah. But before we can focus on the doughnuts, it's important to understand what Hanukkah is about. I often refer to Hanukkah as 'doughnut time' because one, I love doughnuts, and two, I am a self-professed Lazy Jew. But what Hanukkah has that these other holidays don't have is an abundance of fried foods. One of the most entertaining events in the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah is a chance for families to get together, play traditional games and feast on luscious jam donuts and latkes.įor my family, Hanukkah doesn't rate nearly as well as Pesach (aka, Passover), while other major holidays include Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement, held in October) and Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year, held in September).
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